counterbuffed
counterbuffed is the simple past and past participle of counterbuff.
Meaning of counterbuff
Verb
counterbuff (third-person singular simple present counterbuffs, present participle counterbuffing, simple past and past participle counterbuffed)
- To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
- The giddy Ship betwixt the VVinds and Tides / Forc'd back, and forvvards in a Circle rides, / Stun'd with the diff'rent Blows; then ſhoots amain / Till counterbuff'd ſhe ſtops, and ſleeps again.1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 553
Questions about counterbuffed
- What is counterbuffed the simple past and past participle of?
- Counterbuffed is the simple past and past participle of counterbuff.
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